Pinus sylvestris L., 1753
Common names
- 🇬🇧 Scots Pine
- 🇫🇷 Pin sylvestre
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Clade: Tracheophytes
- Clade: Gymnosperms
- Class: Pinopsida
- Subclass : Pinidae
- Order: Pinales
- Family: Pinaceae
- Subfamily: Pinoideae
- Tribe: Pineae
- Genus: Pinus
- Species: Pinus sylvestris
Presence
Present.
Conservation status
- Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
- Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern
Notes
Possible confusion with P. nigra J.F.Arnold, 1785, whose leaves are always longer than 6 cm, often 8 cm, while those of P. sylvestris are always shorter than 8 cm, often 6 cm.
The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:
- P. sylvestris var. engadinensis Heer, 1862;
- P. sylvestris var. hamata Steven, 1838;
- P. sylvestris var. lapponica Fr. ex C.Hartm., 1849;
- P. sylvestris var. mongolica Litv., 1905;
- P. sylvestris var. nevadensis Christ, 1863;
- P. sylvestris var. sylvestris L., 1753, P.
Hybridizes with:
- P. mugo subsp. mugo Turra, 1764 to produce P. × rhaetica Brügger, 1880, P;
- P. mugo subsp. rotundata (Link) Janch. & H.Neumayer, 1942 to produce P. × digenea Beck, 1888;
- P. mugo subsp. uncinata (Ramond ex DC.) Domin, 1935 to produce P. × celakovskyorum Asch. & Graebn., 1897, P.
Photographs
Pests
Sources
Gardner, M., & Chadburn, H. (2016). Pinus sylvestris (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2016. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42418/95846320
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 41). Biotope.